Future Soccer Moms Enjoy Pretend Paparazzi
This morning the Today Show, took a look at the latest symptom in America's sick obsession with celebrity-- fake Paparazzi parties. The Today folks weren't the first to get to this story, but their segment was extra funny because they sent their camera crews to accompany a group of Texan "newlyweds" who took pretend paparazzi along for their big night out. The women led by Kendall, a "call center administrator," had a pack of fake stalker photographers chase them through the streets of Austin. The clip includes interviews with the suburban wannabe starlets shamelessly explaining their craving for attention and shots of the bewildered reactions the group of pseudo-celebrities receives from confused bystanders.
The Today Show's gals about town booked their camera toting entourage through Celeb 4 A Day, a service which offers paparazzi party packages in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Austin ranging from a $249.99 "A List" evening to a$2,499.99 "Megastar" bonanza that includes a pretend "personal publicist" and bodyguard. All Celeb 4 A Day packages come with a mock gossip magazine cover featuring photos from your paparazzi experience. At this very moment, hundreds of those photos are probably being proudly displayed alongside creepy holiday sweater portrait pics in various split-level ranch "star homes" throughout suburbia. If this emerging trend isn't a sign of the apocalypse, then I don't know what is.
